Planning director warns Preston faces renter cost burden as development and code changes progress
May 29, 2025
Planning Director Sean Alverson reported draft street cross‑section code changes, multiple subdivisions under review including a 50‑unit enclave, and cited a conference report that ranked Preston 38th for housing affordability and high on renter cost burden.
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Sean Alverson, Preston’s director of planning and land use, told the council that staff have drafted code changes to provide more flexibility on street cross sections (adding swales in some places as an alternative to curb and gutter) and that the planning and zoning commission will review proposals for Silver Sage (a commercial subdivision with a townhome PUD) and a 50‑unit enclave subdivision.
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